Built environment diversities and activity-travel behaviour variations in Beijing, China

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1173-1186

  Wang, Donggen ^a   Chai, Yanwei ^b   Li, Fei ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activity travel behaviour; Beijing; Built environment; Structural equations model; Time use

Indexed keywords

CAR OWNERSHIP; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 79959646370     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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